of
velvet crow.
what moving here
might mean.
that waking
beside you
is old; and land. that the land
beside you
is asleep. beside it
a creature
indigenous
to another.
that something
in me
is rich. not to place
in drawers
used
tape. that if a train
is crowded, it is crowded
with libertine
balloons.
the word chthonic.
flatlands, or lowered
beds, when we get there
the top bunk
is yours.
or the last
to be
invisible
i.
in him like the sewing needle of god’s mother; is lightning.
in you a koan.
ii.
now that she wants the surgery removed
they tell her
the womb
is a hook
that looks like a womb.
iii.
everywhere work.
stalks
pitch
the golden blood
of brooms.
iv.
mother in her rocker
her eyes
tire swings
her tongue
a cat’s tail.
v.
fourteen
my sister
martyrs herself
under the monkey
mad
in the stoplight.
vi.
in a church
hangs a coat
with a man
in it.
vii.
does not break loose
like they say
all hell.
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